Suffrage Centennial Parade: March 3, 2013, Washington, DC
The day before the 100th anniversary of the 1913 suffrage parade at the White House, there were moments when I thought I must be the only person who showed up. But this impression was dispelled the next morning as I worked through stages of relief, wonder, joy and a spiritual connection with the courageous spirits of all the original suffrage activists. Well over 1500 of us participated in a centennial parade honoring Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mathilda Joslyn Gage, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Inez Mulholland, and the tens of...
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Read about the buzz associated with the “Brimstone, Booze, and the Ballot” program sponsored by Votes for Women 2020, the Susan B. Anthony House, and the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation. Preview of the program. New York History overview. New Paltz blog...
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A primary initiative of Votes for Women 2020 will be to educate young girls to the hard work that granted them the rights they now enjoy and strive to inspire them to continue the work the suffragists undertook. Votes for Women 2020 will brand the Class of 2020 by working with the 10 year olds of today who will be 18 and able to vote for the first time in the Presidential election of 2020. Votes for Women will work with groups like the Girl Scouts and PTA to develop programs to educate girls in the history of the women’s vote, thus making...
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